Hough v. Richardson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
Bill in equity, to rescind a contract respecting land in Carmel, Maine, and for other relief. The bill in substance • stated, that Joshua Biehardson, of Portland, in the state of Maine, merchant, and a citizen of the said state of Maine, and of' the United States, Charles Mussey, of the said Portland, merchant, and a citizen of the said state of Maine, and Nathaniel F. Deering, also a citizen of the said state, and of the United States, at a time prior to the twelfth of…
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Bill in equity, to rescind a contract respecting land in Carmel, Maine, and for other relief. The bill in substance • stated, that Joshua Biehardson, of Portland, in the state of Maine, merchant, and a citizen of the said state of Maine, and of' the United States, Charles Mussey, of the said Portland, merchant, and a citizen of the said state of Maine, and Nathaniel F. Deering, also a citizen of the said state, and of the United States, at a time prior to the twelfth of June, A. D. 1835, were the owners of and seized of, as tenants in common, of certain lots of land, situated in the town of…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
This cause has been very fully and ably argued, and is not unattended with difficulties. The bill is, in substance, a bill to rescind a contract made or asserted to be made with the defendants, for the purchase of certain lots of land in the town of Carmel, in Maine, and for other consequent relief. Several points have been made at the bar; and among those most material to be considered are the following questions: (1) Whether the defendant, Moulton, in making the sale of the lots in question, acted as the agent of the other defendants, or as principal on his own…
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